Synonyms for malignant
məˈlɪg nəntma·lig·nant

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1. malignantadjective

   Antonyms:
   benign

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1. malignantadjective

   dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor)

   Antonyms:
   benign

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1. • Pathology

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1. lethal

   Submitted by rinat on May 31, 2023  

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1. malignantadjective

   Synonyms:
   malign, MALICIOUS, malevolent

2. malignantadjective

   Synonyms:
   (Med.) dangerous, fatal

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1. List of paraphrases for "malignant":

   maligne, vicious, malins, malign, malicious, smart, clever, cancerous, evil, pernicious, crafty

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. malignant

   Synonyms:
   Oncology Cancerous

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1. John Bucher:

   One of the things that we found most interesting about our findings was that the malignant schwannomas -- even though they occurred in the heart and not in the head of these animals -- were in fact schwannomas, these experimental animal studies are but one approach to understanding whether exposures to radiofrequency radiation pose a risk to human health.

2. Richard Kozul-Wright:

   The 'pre-existing conditions' in the occupied territories are essentially malignant. And they will get worse over the coming years as the consequences of COVID-19, inequality, indebtedness, insecurity, (and) insufficient investment have been long-standing problems in the Palestinian occupied territories.

3. Erika Jones:

   Skeptical of their doctors ’ diagnosis, the Florida couple traveled to Boston Children's Hospital, where neurosurgeon-in-chief Alan Cohen evaluated the little girl. He ended up operating on Abigail and removing the tumor, which he said was benign. When Dr. Cohen came out of surgery saying we got it all, and we're pretty, pretty, pretty sure that it’s not malignant, it's not cancer, it was almost like she was born again.

4. Australian Justice Minister Michael Keenan:

   The region is subject to the same threats as the globe is and that is there is a malignant organization that has established itself in the Middle East, ISIL, and they continue to export terror around the globe.

5. Jacek Mazurek:

   Unfortunately, proven approaches do not currently exist to improve outcomes through early detection of malignant mesothelioma.